mabyenot Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 (edited) Ok. ive finally started on my project. Do not expect anything special because the quality of wood is very poor. however. this is mainly because i want to find out if i am up to making guitars. if this does work then i will replace the body with one made of a good quality wood. the shape is just a flying V of my own design. i have made a (extremely poor) image to show how i want the final thing to look vaguely like. i have not included bridge and pickups as i will be using whatever i can get my hands on ive made the body for now. using a circular say and a jigsaw. the next thing im going 2 do is beveling the body for the scratch plate im gonna use checkerplate. sorry about the poor quality pictures. i took them with a webcam Edited May 29, 2006 by mabyenot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pibrocher Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 Nice variation on the classic V. What type of wood is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai_Guitars Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 Yea that does look like a unique V design, I like it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mabyenot Posted May 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 i dont really know what type of wood it is. it seems strong enough to make a guitar with but it is made of several layers. it came from a leftover part of wood from a comany that makes high security doors so i would imagine its quite tough but apart from that i have no idea what type of wood it is. i realy dont know what kind of sound it will have or how much sustain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsguitar Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 I love to see original designs so keep it up looks very cool!!!!!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mabyenot Posted May 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 Ok for the neck and hardware, i have bought a cheap ibanez JEM copy with a damaged body from ebay. it should do very nicely. i will post a pic of it when it arrives. ill get back to sanding then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mabyenot Posted June 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2006 ok its arrived. for a 40 quid guitar the tremolo system is very good. this is the 'doner' guitar with which i will be using for parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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